Chimney corner guide



June 22, 1937. IE 2,084,798

' CHIMNEY CORNER GUIDE Filed March 2, 1936 ATTORNEY Patented June 22, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE CHIMNEX CORNER GUIDE Frank B. Gabriel, Lake City, Iowa Application March 2, 1936, Serial No. 66,747 2 Claims.- (01. 33-45) This invention relates to corner guides especially adapted for aiding in the construction of chimneys, corners of buildings or any other device wherein it isessential that the building materials be laid so that the corners of the structure formed-thereby will be perpendicularly true, and has for the primary object the provision of a device of this character which'may be readily set, up for use and may be employed either for outside or inside work and will aid in retaining the building elements, such as bricks and blocks in their proper laid position during the setting up of the binder employed between said elements.

With these and other objects in view, this inventionconsists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more 'fully ,described and claimed. a

, For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows a guide constructed in accordance with my invention for the purpose of assembling a chimney from bricks or like elements.

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Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan view, partly in section, showing the use of my invention for inside work at the corner of-a building or like device.

Figure 4 is a plan view illustrating one of the connecting elements.-

Figure 5 is a plan view illustrating one'of the brace elements which also may be employed for a connecting element.

Figure 6 is an edge view illustrating said brace element.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary perspective view- Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral l indicates my device setup for the assembling of a chimney or like rectangular structure 50 and includes corner guide members 2 connected with one another by connecting members 3, each including companion sections provided with slots A to receive'fasteners 5 whereby said connecting member may be varied as to length. One end of 55 each section is provided with a screw threaded portions ID. The portions ill at one edge of the Figure 2 is a side elevation illustrating the shank 6 to receive a. nut l for detachably securing said section to anyone of the corner members 2. Also detachably secured to the corner members are braces I, each composed of companion sections adjustably connected. One sec- 5 tion has a right-angularly disposed screw threaded end 8 to extend through an opening in the corner member and receive-thereon a nut. The braces'l' also may be employed for connecting the corner members, as shown in' Figure 3, 10 when employing said corner members upon the inside of a wall construction, as shown in Figure 3.

Each guide member 2 consists of a plate-like portion 9 of a desired lengthand has integral 15 with opposite edges thereof portions Ill; The portions II] at each edge of the plate-like. portion 9 diverge from one another. However, they portions ID at one edge of the plate-like por tion 9 are of a greater width than the other plate-like portion 9 act as rests, while the other portions 10 ,act as attaching mediums. The portions I0 which provide rests engage either with interior faces of a structure or the exterior faces, this being clearly-illustrated in Figures 1 and 3.

- The guide members 2 when assembed as shown in Figures 1 or 3 permit a structure to be assembled of bricks or the like with the corners of the structure perpendicularly true and the bricks afte'r being laid with the binder therebetween will be held in proper position to prevent shifting by the device during the setting up or hardening of the binder.

Slidably-and adjustably secured to the portions iii of the'guide members 2 are supporting strips ll, grooved at their upper ends to receive a working line, the ends of which may be suitably secured to one of said supporting strips after passing through the groove'thereof.. The 40 supporting strips have dove-tail grooves l2 to receive tenons l3 on the portions Ill and set screws I4 are provided for securing the supporting strips in any of their adjusted positions. The construction described permits the supporting strips to be removed from the guide members or the portions in thereof when not in use.

When employing the guide members at the outside corners of work under construction the edges of the portions ill may have a series of notches 16 for the purpose of receiving a working line and permitting said working line to be raised and lowered to meet with different conditions. I

Having described the invention, 1 claim:

1. A corner guide comnrisinga plurality of vertically arranged guide members each including a plate-like portion, diverging rests and connecting portions formed integrally with opposite edges of said plate-like portion, means adjustably connecting the connecting portions of said members to one another with the rest portions contacting a structure at the corners thereof while being assembled.

2. A corner guide comprising a plurality of vertically arranged guide members, each includ- FRANK B. GABRIEL. 

